A40 crash in Westminster on 27 January 1992 at 15:15 involving a Leyland Aec bus
A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A40 in Westminster at 15:15 on Monday 27 January 1992. A 65-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 1992
- Monday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland Aec
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51158, longitude -0.17647, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201DD00034
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4209
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2019.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A402 in Westminster, 26 June 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010189965
Serious
Mazda 626 crash on the A40 in Westminster, 25 August 1991
10 m awayRef 199101DD00384
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 11 August 1989
10 m awayRef 198901DD00427
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A402 in Westminster, 10 November 2007
10 m awayRef 200701CW68214
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A40 in Westminster, 8 May 1994
10 m awayRef 199401DD00174
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 24 February 1988
10 m awayRef 198801DD00082
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Boarding
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199201DD00034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1992.